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Mercy That Abounds

2026-02-02 in /by

Scripture says in Romans 5:20 that “the more we see our sinfulness, the more we see God’s abounding grace.” To abound is to have a surplus, an abundance, an extravagant portion.

Should the fish in the Pacific worry that it will run out of ocean?  No, why? Because the ocean abounds with water. Need the lark be anxious about finding room in the sky to fly?  No, the sky abounds with space.  So should the Christian worry that the cup of mercy will run empty?  He may. For he may not be aware of God’s abounding grace. Are you?

Are you aware that the cup God gives you overflows with mercy?  Or are you afraid your cup will run dry? Or your mistakes are too great for God’s grace? God is not a miser with his grace. Your cup may be low on cash or clout, but it is overflowing with mercy!

空氣

2026-02-02 in , /by

創世記1:6-8

6 神說：「諸水之間要有空氣，將水分為上下。」 7 神就造出空氣，將空氣以下的水、空氣以上的水分開了。事就這樣成了。 8 神稱空氣為天。有晚上，有早晨，是第二日。

維基百科說：空氣是指大氣層中由不同氣體和各類飄浮在其中的固體與液體顆粒（大氣顆粒與氣膠）所組成的氣態混合物。它無色無味的，具有可壓縮性，是生物呼吸、植物光合作用及維持氣候穩定的基礎。

不會有人說他不需要空氣，相反地，人人都希望呼吸到新鮮的空氣。甚至有人賣空氣，哥倫比亞的第二大城市麥德林。當地四季氣候宜人，擁有「常春之城」，其中有個青年胡安靠「賣空氣」闖出一片天，他發明了一種特殊設備來「收集」空氣，並宣稱他賣的空氣令人吸了有春天的感覺。每瓶空氣五美元，第一天賣了77瓶，第二天賣了三百瓶。

起初

2026-02-01 in , /by

創世記1:1-5

1起初，神創造天地。 2 地是空虛混沌，淵面黑暗，神的靈運行在水面上。 3 神說：「要有光。」就有了光。 4 神看光是好的，就把光暗分開了。 5 神稱光為晝，稱暗為夜。有晚上，有早晨，這是頭一日。

起初，是一個怎樣的開始呢？當我們在思考時，偶而會回想起當年，也就是起初，自己是怎麼想的？起初的想法，再加上一步步的旅程，終於塑造了我們的大半生。

而在這世界的起初，神是怎麼想的？祂看到房間太亂了, 興起想要整理的衝動嗎？因為祂看到空虛混沌的地，黑暗的淵面，就好像母親不小心踩進了青少年從來不整理的房間，嚇得後退三步，然後就開始了一連串的神操作？

God Decides When It’s Over

2026-02-01 in /by

In Jeremiah 32:27 God says, “I am the Lord, the God of every person on the earth, nothing is impossible for me.”

We need to hear that God is still in control. We need to hear that it’s not over until he says so. We need to hear that life’s mishaps and tragedies are not a reason to bail out. Corrie ten Boom used to say, “When the train goes through a tunnel and the world gets dark, do you jump out? Of course not. You sit still and trust the engineer to get you through.”

The way to deal with discouragement? The cure for disappointment? Go back and read the story of God. Read it again and again. Be reminded that you aren’t the first person to weep and you aren’t the first person to be helped. Read the story and remember the story is yours!

在花園裡

2026-01-30 in , /by

馬太福音 1:23  必有童女懷孕生子，人要稱他的名為以馬內利。」（「以馬內利」翻出來就是「神與我們同在」。）

「在花園裡」這首詩歌，總唱了四十多年了吧！可是每次聽到都還會激動；特別是副歌那兩句：「祂與我同行，又與我共話，對我說，我永屬於祂。」

心裡激動，口裡忍不住要跟著唱。聲音變得顫抖沙啞了，腦子又在提醒自己：這是我喪禮中要唱的詩歌，最好用女聲二重唱，得交代眾兒女記得這條節目。

這首詩雖然常來眼淚，卻不是悲傷；是內心深處喜樂的湧流，是給人家說中了你的經驗以後的共鳴，是對主的感恩，對自己的不配而發生更衷誠的感恩。

主的復活給我最大的證明，就是今日我能與祂共話同行，每時每刻都可以跟祂交通，祂就活在我身旁，用不著什麼歷史考證或神學理論。我就是直接了當地知道，祂活在心中，不斷地與我相交。

Valued by Jesus

2026-01-30 in /by

Do you remember a time when as a child you got lost? You felt the paralyzing fear of looking around and failing to see the north star of your parents’ strong presence. You were lost. These moments of lostness can leave a pit in your stomach and bring fear to your soul.

What is even worse is coming to a point in life when we realize that we’ve lost our way as a human being. We’re not sure why we are on this planet. We have no sense of our purpose.

It is in these moments we look to God, the Master Storyteller, and discover that the best way to understand our story is to listen to His. As we understand God’s story and where we fit within it, the haze begins to clear and our story begins to make sense. There’s more to your story my friend.

Your Place in God’s Story

2026-01-29 in /by

Do you remember a time when as a child you got lost? You felt the paralyzing fear of looking around and failing to see the north star of your parents’ strong presence. You were lost. These moments of lostness can leave a pit in your stomach and bring fear to your soul.

What is even worse is coming to a point in life when we realize that we’ve lost our way as a human being. We’re not sure why we are on this planet. We have no sense of our purpose.

It is in these moments we look to God, the Master Storyteller, and discover that the best way to understand our story is to listen to His. As we understand God’s story and where we fit within it, the haze begins to clear and our story begins to make sense. There’s more to your story my friend.

時間即生命

2026-01-29 in , /by

傳道書 12:1  你趁著年幼，衰敗的日子尚未來到，就是你所說「我毫無喜樂」的那些年日未曾臨近之先，當記念造你的主。

人的生命用甚麼來量度呢？用時間。

固然，一個人生命的長度，與他的價值不一定成正比；但他能在短促的生命中，獲得價值，表示他儘量利用了時間，發揮他生命的本質。

因此，浪費時間，就是浪費生命。

每次參加聚會的時候，主席一宣佈：「現在我們把時間交給講員。」我就緊張起來。把時間交給講員，就是把我們生命中的一部份交給他。如果他沒有好好準備，所講的對人無益，那麼，他不但浪費了他自己的生命，連所有聽眾的生命都浪費了。

時間是很容易浪費的。因為你不能抓住它，把它保存起來。它永遠那樣無聲地流，你只有趕上去，與它同行。稍一停頓，就錯過了不少光陰。

嘉蘭部落見神蹟

2026-01-28 in , /by

詩篇 29:10  洪水氾濫之時，耶和華坐著為王；耶和華坐著為王，直到永遠。

2009年8月，台東縣太麻里嘉蘭部落有五十一戶民宅在莫拉克風災中遭洪水沖走，但其中也發生了一件上帝拯救王雲凡一家人的故事。

颱風來襲前後，連續下了兩天大雨，八月八日早上河堤崩潰，立時危及附近三十幾戶民宅。這時王雲凡一家五口都爬上木梯，站上屋頂去求援，然而對岸達旺浸信會的劉正宏牧師卻只能在岸上禱告，毫無辦法，因為洪水太大了，根本無法涉水過去幫助他們脫困。

手機還可通時，王雲凡的母親就一直打電話問牧師：「直昇機為何未到、為何還未到？」此時水勢凶猛，眼見滾滾洪水持續高漲，一棟棟民宅都在他們眼前淹沒了。這時教會的同工們有很多都不敢看下一幕，因為洪水快要把王雲凡一家人沖走。但劉牧師心中想著：「洪水泛濫之時，耶和華坐著為王；耶和華坐著為王，直到永遠。」他也想到摩西如何為以色列人禱告，當他手下垂時，以色列就打輸了；當他的手舉起來時，以色列就打贏了；所以劉牧師的手一直不敢放下來，除非看到上帝拯救他們。

Bodies Like Christ

2026-01-28 in /by

As you discover your place in God’s plan, you make this wonderful discovery: you will graduate from this life into heaven. Jesus’ plan is to “gather together in one all things in Christ.” “All things” includes your body (Ephesians 1:10).

God will reunite your body with your soul and create something unlike anything you have seen. An eternal body. You will finally be healthy. You never have been. Even on the days you felt fine, you weren’t. You were a sitting duck for disease.  And what about you on your worst days? Don’t you hate disease. I’m sick of it. So is Christ.

When Christ appears, Scripture tells us, “we shall be like him (1 John 3:2). You’ll have a spiritual body, with all members cooperating toward one end. So we’re not giving up. How could we? As God’s story becomes our story, the best is yet to be.